Seven days later Lan is teaching Rand how to use his sword. He tells Lan he still intends to go away. Egwene walks up as Lan leaves. Moiraine has been ignoring Rand. He tells Egwene he is going away. She asks him to come to Tar Valon with her and Nynaeve, but he refuses. Rand says he will not touch the One Power again, "Not if I have to cut my hand off, first."1 He wants to go home to Tam, but he will never go home again.

Moiraine POV - She uses her kesiera to focus her eavesdropping on Rand and Egwene. She says, "The Prophecies will be fulfilled. The Dragon is Reborn."